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{{short description|Law officer in the UK government}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Solicitor General for England and Wales
| body =
| insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg
| insigniacaption = [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Arms]] of [[His Majesty's Government]]
| department = [[Attorney General's Office (United Kingdom)|Attorney General's Office]]
| image = Official portrait of Ellie Reeves MP crop 2, 2023.jpg
| incumbent = [[Ellie Reeves]]
| incumbentsince = 6 September 2025
| style = Solicitor
| reports_to = [[Attorney General for England and Wales]]
| appointer = The [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|Monarch]]
| appointer_qualified = on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
| termlength = [[At His Majesty's Pleasure]]
| formation = '' Before 1460 ''
| salary = £142,106 per annum {{small|(2022)}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1124173/2022-12-07-Ministerial-Salaries-22-23-table.pdf |date=15 December 2022}}</ref><br />(including £84,144 [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MP]] salary)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pay and expenses for MPs |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/pay-mps/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=parliament.uk}}</ref>
| website = {{url|www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk}}
}}
'''His Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales''', known informally as the '''Solicitor General''', is one of the [[law officers of the Crown]] in the [[government of the United Kingdom]]. They are the deputy of the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]], whose duty is to advise the [[The Crown|Crown]] and [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] on the law. They exercise the powers of the Attorney General which are delegated to them under section 1 of the [[Law Officers Act 1997]]. Despite the title, the position is usually held by a [[barrister]] as opposed to a [[solicitor]].

There is also a [[Solicitor General for Scotland]], who is the deputy of the [[Lord Advocate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/solicitor-general/|title=Solicitor General - gov.scot|website=www.gov.scot|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> As well as the Sovereign's Solicitor General, the [[Prince of Wales]] and a [[Queen consort]] (when the Sovereign is male) are also entitled to have an Attorney and Solicitor General, though the present Prince of Wales has only an Attorney General and no Solicitor General.

The Solicitor General is addressed in court as "Mr Solicitor" or "Ms Solicitor". The Solicitor General is shadowed by the [[Shadow Solicitor General]] who sits on the [[Official Opposition frontbench]].

The current holder of the position is [[Ellie Reeves]].

==Solicitors-General of England (and Wales), 1461–present==

===15th century===
''incomplete''
*[[Richard Fowler (politician)|Richard Fowler]] 1461–1470
*[[Richard Page(solicitor)|Richard Page]] 1470-1483
*[[Thomas Lynon]] 1483–1485
*[[Andrew Dimmock]] 1485–1503

===16th century===
{{div col}}
*[[Thomas Lucas, Solicitor General|Thomas Lucas]] 1503–1507
*[[John Ernley]] 1507–1514
*[[John Port (the elder)|John Port]] 1514–1521
*[[Richard Lyster]] 1521–1525
*[[Christopher Hales]] 1525–1531
*[[Baldwin Mallet]] 1531–1533
*[[Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich|Richard Rich]] 1533–1536
*[[William Whorwood]] 1536–1540
*[[Henry Bradshaw (lawyer)|Henry Bradshaw]] 1540–1545
*[[Edward Griffin (attorney)|Edward Griffin]] 1545–1552
*[[John Gosnold]] 1552–1553
*[[William Cordell]] 1553–1557
*[[Richard Weston (fl. 1554)|Richard Weston]] 1557–1559
*[[William Rosewell (Solicitor-General)|William Rosewell]] 1559–1566
*[[Richard Onslow (Solicitor General)|Richard Onslow]] 1566–1569
*[[Thomas Bromley|Sir Thomas Bromley]] 1569–1579
*[[John Popham (judge)|Sir John Popham]] 1579–1581
*[[Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere|Sir Thomas Egerton]] 1581–1592
*[[Edward Coke|Sir Edward Coke]] 1592–1594
*[[Thomas Fleming (judge)|Thomas Fleming]] 1595–1604
{{div col end}}

===17th century===
{{div col}}
*[[John Doderidge|Sir John Doderidge]] 1604–1607
*[[Francis Bacon (philosopher)|Sir Francis Bacon]] 1607–1613
*[[Henry Yelverton (attorney-general)|Henry Yelverton]] 1613–1617
*[[Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry|Sir Thomas Coventry]] 1617–1621
*Sir [[Robert Heath]] 1621–1625
*[[Richard Shelton (solicitor general)|Sir Richard Shelton]] 1625–1634
*[[Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow|Sir Edward Littleton]] 1634–1640
*[[Edward Herbert (attorney-general)|Sir Edward Herbert]] 1640–1641
*[[Oliver St John]] 1641–1643 (continued to 1648 under parliament)
*[[Thomas Gardiner (Royalist)|Sir Thomas Gardiner]] 1643–1645
*[[Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Baronet|Sir Geoffrey Palmer]] 1645–1649
*[[Edmund Prideaux (Roundhead)|Edmund Prideaux]] 1648–1649
*[[John Cooke (prosecutor)|John Cooke]] 1649–1650
*[[Robert Reynolds (Attorney General)|Robert Reynolds]] 1650–1654
*[[William Ellis (Solicitor General)|William Ellis]] 1654–1660
*[[Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham|Sir Heneage Finch]] 1660–1670
*[[Edward Turnour (speaker)|Sir Edward Turnor]] 1670–1671
*[[Francis North, 1st Baron Guilford|Sir Francis North]] 1671–1673
*[[William Jones (law-officer)|Sir William Jones]] 1673–1674
*Sir [[Francis Winnington (Solicitor-General)|Francis Winnington]] 1674–1679
*[[Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford|Heneage Finch]] 1679–1686
*[[Thomas Powys (judge)|Sir Thomas Powys]] 1686–1687
*[[William Williams (speaker)|Sir William Williams]] 1687–1689
*[[George Treby (judge)|Sir George Treby]] 1689
*[[John Somers, 1st Baron Somers|Sir John Somers]] 1689–1692
*[[Thomas Trevor, 1st Baron Trevor|Sir Thomas Trevor]] 1692–1695
*[[John Hawles|Sir John Hawles]] 1695–1702
{{div col end}}

===18th century===
{{div col}}
*[[Simon Harcourt, 1st Baron Harcourt|Sir Simon Harcourt]] 1702–1707
*[[James Montagu (judge)|Sir James Montagu]] 1707–1708
*[[Robert Eyre]] 1708–1710
*[[Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond|Sir Robert Raymond]] 1710–1714
*[[Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere|Nicholas Lechmere]] 1714–1715
*[[John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue|John Fortescue Aland]] 1715–1717
*[[William Thomson (Solicitor General)|Sir William Thomson]] 1717–1720
*[[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke|Sir Philip Yorke]] 1720–1724
*[[Clement Wearg|Sir Clement Wearg]] 1724–1725
*[[Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol|Charles Talbot]] 1726–1733
*[[Dudley Ryder (judge)|Sir Dudley Ryder]] 1733–1737
*[[John Strange (English politician)|John Strange]] 1737–1742
*[[William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield|William Murray]] 1742–1754
*[[Richard Lloyd (died 1761)|Sir Richard Lloyd]] 1754–1756
*[[Charles Yorke]] 1756–1762
*[[Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley|Sir Fletcher Norton]] 1762–1763
*[[William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham|William de Grey]] 1763–1766
*[[Edward Willes (1723–1787)|Edward Willes]] 1766–1768
*[[John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton|John Dunning]] 1768–1770
*[[Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow|Edward Thurlow]] 1770–1771
*[[Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn|Alexander Wedderburn]] 1771–1778
*[[James Wallace (British politician)|James Wallace]] 1778–1780
*[[James Mansfield]] 1780–1782
*[[John Lee (Attorney-General)|John Lee]] 1782
*[[Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley|Richard Pepper Arden]] 1782–1783
*[[John Lee (Attorney-General)|John Lee]] 1783
*[[James Mansfield]] 1783
*[[Richard Pepper Arden, 1st Baron Alvanley|Richard Pepper Arden]] 1783–1784
*[[Archibald Macdonald]] 1784–1788
*[[John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon|Sir John Scott]] 1788–1793
*[[John Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale|Sir John Mitford]] 1793–1799
*[[Sir |William Grant]] 1799–1801
{{div col end}}

===19th century===
{{div col}}
*[[Spencer Perceval]] 1801–1802
*[[Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners|Sir Thomas Manners-Sutton]] 1802–1805
*[[Vicary Gibbs (judge)|Sir Vicary Gibbs]] 1805–1806
*[[Samuel Romilly|Sir Samuel Romilly]] 1806–1807
*[[Thomas Plumer|Sir Thomas Plumer]] 1807–1812
*[[William Garrow|Sir William Garrow]] 1812–1813
*[[Robert Dallas|Sir Robert Dallas]] 1813
*[[Samuel Shepherd|Sir Samuel Shepherd]] 1813–1817
*[[Robert Gifford, 1st Baron Gifford|Sir Robert Gifford]] 1817–1819
*[[John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst|Sir John Copley]] 1819–1824
*[[Charles Wetherell|Sir Charles Wetherell]] 1824–1826
*[[Nicholas Conyngham Tindal|Sir Nicholas Conyngham Tindal]] 1826–1829
*[[Edward Sugden, 1st Baron St Leonards|Sir Edward Sugden]] 1829–1830
*[[William Horne (Liberal politician)|Sir William Horne]] 1830–1832
*[[John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews|Sir John Campbell]] 1832–1834
*[[Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham|Sir Charles Pepys]] 1834
*[[Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth|Sir Robert Rolfe]] 1834
*[[William Webb Follett]] 1834–1835
*[[Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth|Robert Rolfe]] 1835–1839
*[[Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro|Sir Thomas Wilde]] 1839–1841
*[[William Webb Follett|Sir William Webb Follett]] 1841–1844
*[[Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford|Sir Frederic Thesiger]] 1844–1845
*[[Fitzroy Kelly|Sir Fitzroy Kelly]] 1845–1846
*[[John Jervis (judge)|John Jervis]] 1846
*[[David Dundas (solicitor)|Sir David Dundas]] 1846–1848
*[[John Romilly, 1st Baron Romilly|Sir John Romilly]] 1848–1850
*[[Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet|Sir Alexander Cockburn]] 1850–1851
*[[William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley|Sir William Page Wood]] 1851–1852
*[[Fitzroy Kelly|Sir Fitzroy Kelly]] 1852
*[[Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury|Sir Richard Bethell]] 1852–1856
*[[James Stuart-Wortley (Conservative politician)|James Stuart-Wortley]] 1856–1857
*Sir [[Henry Singer Keating]] 1857–1858
*[[Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns|Sir Hugh Cairns]] 1858–1859
*Sir [[Henry Singer Keating]] 1859
*[[William Atherton (politician)|Sir William Atherton]] 1859–1861
*[[Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne|Sir Roundell Palmer]] 1861–1863
*[[Robert Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell|Sir Robert Collier]] 1863–1866
*[[William Bovill|Sir William Bovill]] 1866
*[[John Burgess Karslake|Sir John Burgess Karslake]] 1866–1867
*[[Charles Jasper Selwyn|Sir Charles Jasper Selwyn]] 1867–1868
*[[William Brett, 1st Viscount Esher|Sir William Brett]] 1868
*[[Richard Baggallay|Sir Richard Baggallay]] 1868
*[[John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge|Sir John Coleridge]] 1868–1871
*[[George Jessel (jurist)|Sir George Jessel]] 1871–1873
*[[Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford|Sir Henry James]] 1873
*[[William Harcourt (politician)|Sir William Harcourt]] 1873–1874
*[[Richard Baggallay|Sir Richard Baggallay]] 1874
*[[John Holker|Sir John Holker]] 1874–1875
*[[Hardinge Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury|Sir Hardinge Giffard]] 1875–1880
*[[Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell|Sir Farrer Herschell]] 1880–1885
*[[John Eldon Gorst|Sir John Eldon Gorst]] 1885–1886
*[[Horace Davey|Sir Horace Davey]] 1886
*[[Edward Clarke (barrister)|Sir Edward Clarke]] 1886–1892
*[[John Rigby (politician)|Sir John Rigby]] 1892–1894
*[[Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn|Sir Robert Reid]] 1894
*[[Frank Lockwood (politician)|Sir Frank Lockwood]] 1894–1895
*[[Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay|Sir Robert Finlay]] 1895–1900
{{div col end}}

===20th century===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Name
!Portrait
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Political party
! colspan="2" |[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Irish Unionist Alliance}}" |
| rowspan="2" |Sir [[Edward Carson]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Sir Edward Carson, bw photo portrait seated.jpg|frameless|80x80px]]
| rowspan="2" |7 May 1900
| rowspan="2" |4 December 1905
| rowspan="2" |[[Irish Unionist Alliance]]
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury|3rd Marquess of Salisbury]]
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Arthur Balfour]]
|-
|rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[William Robson, Baron Robson|William Robson]]
|[[File:1895 William Robson.jpg|frameless|83x83px]]
|12 December 1905
|28 January 1908
| rowspan="6" |[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |Sir [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sir [[Samuel Evans (British politician)|Samuel Evans]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Samuel Thomas Evans.jpg|frameless|89x89px]]
| rowspan="2" |28 January 1908
| rowspan="2" |6 March 1910
|-
|rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="6" |[[H. H. Asquith]]
|-
|Sir [[Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading|Rufus Isaacs]]
|[[File:Rufus Isaacs.jpg|frameless|94x94px]]
|6 March 1910
|7 October 1910
|-
|Sir [[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|John Simon]]
|[[File:Viscount Simon.jpg|frameless|80x80px]]
|7 October 1910
|19 October 1913
|-
|Sir [[Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster|Stanley Buckmaster]]
|[[File:Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster circa 1910.jpg|frameless|82x82px]]
|19 October 1913
|8 November 1915
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead|F. E. Smith]]
|[[File:1stEarlOfBirkenhead.jpg|frameless|98x98px]]
|2 June 1915
|8 November 1915
| rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|Sir [[George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave|George Cave]]
|[[File:Portrait of George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave.jpg|frameless|88x88px]]
|8 November 1915
|10 December 1915
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart|Gordon Hewart]]
|[[File:Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart.jpg|frameless|97x97px]]
|10 December 1915
|10 January 1919
|[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[David Lloyd George]]
|-
|rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth|Ernest Pollock]]
|[[File:1stViscountHanworth - cropped.jpg|frameless|91x91px]]
|10 January 1919
|6 March 1922
| rowspan="4" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|Sir [[Leslie Scott (British politician)|Leslie Scott]]
|
|6 March 1922
|19 October 1922
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sir [[Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote|Thomas Inskip]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Viscount Caldecote LC.jpg|frameless|86x86px]]
| rowspan="2" |31 October 1922
| rowspan="2" |22 January 1924
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Bonar Law]]
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Stanley Baldwin]]
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Henry Slesser]]
|[[File:Henry H. Slesser.jpg|frameless|69x69px]]
|23 January 1924
|3 November 1924
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Ramsay MacDonald]]
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote|Thomas Inskip]]
|[[File:Viscount Caldecote LC.jpg|frameless|86x86px]]
|11 November 1924
|28 March 1928
| rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Stanley Baldwin]]
|-
|Sir [[Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman|Boyd Merriman]]
|
|28 March 1928
|5 June 1929
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[James Melville (politician)|James B. Melville]]
|
|7 June 1929
|22 October 1930
| rowspan="2" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Ramsay MacDonald]]
|-
|Sir [[Stafford Cripps]]
|[[File:Stafford Cripps 1947.jpg|frameless|83x83px]]
|22 October 1930
|24 August 1931
|-
|rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote|Thomas Inskip]]
|[[File:Viscount Caldecote LC.jpg|frameless|86x86px]]
|3 September 1931
|26 January 1932
| rowspan="6" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|Sir [[Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman|Boyd Merriman]]
|
|26 January 1932
|29 September 1933
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sir [[Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow|Donald Somervell]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |29 September 1933
| rowspan="2" |19 March 1936
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Stanley Baldwin]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |Sir [[Terence O'Connor]]
| rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |19 March 1936
| rowspan="2" |7 May 1940
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Neville Chamberlain]]
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt|William Jowitt]]
|[[File:William_Jowitt.png|frameless|86x86px]]
|15 May 1940
|4 March 1942
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="3" |Sir [[Winston Churchill]]
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir|David Maxwell Fyfe]]
|[[File:David_Maxwell_Fyfe,_Nuremberg,_1946_(Art._IWM_ART_LD_5863).jpg|frameless|86x86px]]
|4 March 1942
|25 May 1945
| rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|Sir [[Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley|Walter Monckton]]
|
|29 May 1945<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37106 |date=1 June 1945 |page=2795 |quote=Sir Walter Turner MONCKTON, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., M.C., K.C.}}</ref>
|26 July 1945
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Frank Soskice]]
|
|4 August 1945
|24 April 1951
| rowspan="2" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Clement Attlee]]
|-
|Sir [[Lynn Ungoed-Thomas]]
|
|24 April 1951
|26 October 1951
|-
|rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne|Reginald Manningham-Buller]]
|
|3 November 1951
|8 October 1954
| rowspan="7" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |Sir [[Winston Churchill]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |Sir [[Harry Hylton-Foster]]
| rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |18 October 1954
| rowspan="3" |22 October 1959
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Winston Churchill]]
Sir [[Anthony Eden]]

[[Harold Macmillan]]
|-
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Harold Macmillan]]
|-
|Sir [[Jocelyn Simon]]
|
|22 October 1959
|8 February 1962
|-
|Sir [[John Hobson (politician)|John Hobson]]
|
|8 February 1962
|19 July 1962
|-
|Sir [[Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell|Peter Rawlinson]]
|
|19 July 1962
|16 October 1964
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Harold Macmillan]]
Sir [[Alec Douglas-Home]]
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Dingle Foot]]
|
|18 October 1964
|24 August 1967
| rowspan="2" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Harold Wilson]]
|-
|Sir [[Arthur Irvine]]
|
|24 August 1967
|19 June 1970
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Geoffrey Howe]]
|[[File:Geoffrey Howe (1985).jpg|frameless|91x91px]]
|23 June 1970
|5 November 1972
| rowspan="2" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Edward Heath]]
|-
|Sir [[Michael Havers, Baron Havers|Michael Havers]]
|
|5 November 1972
|4 March 1974
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell|Peter Archer]]
|
|7 March 1974
|4 May 1979
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Harold Wilson]]
[[James Callaghan]]
|-
|rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Ian Percival]]
|
|5 May 1979
|13 June 1983
| rowspan="4" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Margaret Thatcher]]
|-
|Sir [[Patrick Mayhew]]
|
|13 June 1983
|13 June 1987
|-
|Sir [[Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate|Nicholas Lyell]]
|
|13 June 1987
|15 April 1992
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Margaret Thatcher]]
[[John Major]]
|-
|Sir [[Derek Spencer]]
|
|15 April 1992
|2 May 1997
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[John Major]]
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton|Lord Falconer of Thoroton]]
| [[File:Official_portrait_of_Lord_Falconer_of_Thoroton_crop_2.jpg|frameless|91x91px]]
|6 May 1997
|28 July 1998
| rowspan="2" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Tony Blair]]
|-
|Sir [[Ross Cranston]]
|
|28 July 1998
|11 June 2001
|}

===2001–present===
'''Colour key''' (for political parties): <br />
{{legend2|{{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
{{legend2|{{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{|class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Name
!Portrait
!colspan=2|Term of office
!Political party
!colspan=2|[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
|-
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Harriet Harman]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/ms-harriet-harman/150|title=Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP|website=UK Parliament|language=English|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>
|[[File:Harriet Harman.jpg|60px]]
|11 June 2001
|10 May 2005
| rowspan="3" |[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan=2|[[Tony Blair]]
|-
|[[Mike O'Brien (UK politician)|Mike O'Brien]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/mr-mike-o%27brien/290/|title=Rt Hon Mike O'Brien|website=UK Parliament|language=English|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>
|[[File:Mike O'Brien 2.jpg|60px]]
|11 May 2005
|29 June 2007
|-
|Dame [[Vera Baird]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-48253528|title=PCC appointed as victims' commissioner|date=2019-05-13|access-date=2019-07-11|language=en-GB}}</ref>
|[[File:Dame Vera Baird.jpg|60px]]
|29 June 2007
|11 May 2010
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Gordon Brown]]
|-
| rowspan="13" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|Sir [[Edward Garnier]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/edward-garnier|title=Sir Edward Garnier QC – GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>
|[[File:Official portrait of Lord Garnier crop 2, 2025.jpg|60px]]
|13 May 2010
|4 September 2012
| rowspan="13" |[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|rowspan=3" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan=3|[[David Cameron]]
|-
|Sir [[Oliver Heald]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oliverheald.com/about-sir-oliver|title=About Sir Oliver|website=Rt Hon Sir Oliver Heald QC MP|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>
|[[File:Official portrait of Sir Oliver Heald crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|4 September 2012
|15 July 2014
|-
|rowspan=2|Sir [[Robert Buckland]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1140611/brexit-news-uk-eu-tory-leadership-contest-john-bercow-referendum-david-starkey-spt|title=How John Bercow's 'Brexit betrayal is absurd contradiction of democracy' – David Starkey|last=Bet|first=Martina|date=2019-06-14|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>
|rowspan=2|[[File:Official portrait of Robert Buckland crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|rowspan=2|15 July 2014
|rowspan=2|[[Second May ministry#Changes 2|9 May 2019]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|rowspan=2|[[Theresa May]]
|-
|[[Lucy Frazer]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-solicitor-general-appointed|title=New Solicitor General appointed|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref>
|[[File:Official portrait of Lucy Frazer.jpg|60px]]
|[[Second May ministry#Changes 2|9 May 2019]]
|25 July 2019
|-
|Sir [[Michael Ellis (British politician)|Michael Ellis]]
|[[File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Ellis_MP_crop_2.jpg|60px]]
|25 July 2019
|2 March 2021
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="5" |[[Boris Johnson]]
|-
|[[Lucy Frazer]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Lucy Frazer MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|2 March 2021
|10 September 2021
|-
|Sir [[Michael Ellis (British politician)|Michael Ellis]]
|[[File:Official_portrait_of_Rt_Hon_Michael_Ellis_MP_crop_2.jpg|60px]]
|10 September 2021
|16 September 2021
|-
|[[Alex Chalk]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Alex Chalk MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|16 September 2021
|[[July 2022_United_Kingdom_government_crisis#5_July|5 July 2022]]
|-
|[[Edward Timpson]]
|[[File: Official portrait of Edward Timpson MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|[[July 2022 British cabinet reshuffle|7 July 2022]]
|7 September 2022
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Michael Tomlinson]]
| rowspan="2"|[[File:MichaelTomlinson3 (cropped).jpg|frameless|83x83px]]
| rowspan="2"|7 September 2022
| rowspan="2"|7 December 2023
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Liz Truss]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="2"|[[Rishi Sunak]]
|-
|[[Robert Courts]]
|[[File: Official portrait of Robert Courts MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|7 December 2023
|5 July 2024
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sarah Sackman]]
|[[File:Sarah Sackman MP (cropped2).jpg|60px]]
| 9 July 2024
| 2 December 2024
| rowspan="3" | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan="3" | [[Keir Starmer]]
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Lucy Rigby]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Lucy Rigby MP crop 2.jpg|60px]]
|2 December 2024
|6 September 2025
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Ellie Reeves]]
|[[File:Official portrait of Ellie Reeves MP crop 2, 2023.jpg|60px]]
|6 September 2025
|''Incumbent''

|}

==See also==

* [[Solicitor general]]
* [[Attorney General for England and Wales]]
* [[Law officers of the Crown]]
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==References==
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Solicitor General for England and Wales - Revision history

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